State auditors found medicines and drugs worth P7.431 billion in the health department's inventory that were 'expired, near-expiry, damaged, overstocked, excessive, slow-moving, undistributed/distributed late'
MANILA, Philippines – Inadequate procurement planning and poor distribution and monitoring systems led to the wastage of over billions of pesos worth of drugs and medicines in the Department of Health inventory, according to a 2022 audit report released on Wednesday, September 6.
“The presence of overstocked and slow-moving inventory items evidence excessive spending as the procured items comprised volume of inventory far more than what the CHDs/OUs presently need. As in the PYs , these deficiencies were also caused by breakdown of the inventory/supply management system,” the auditors said.
P12.56 million worth overstocked or excessive inventory at the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital under DOH Central Luzon State auditors found expired medicines at the Labuan General Hospital , Conner District Hospital and Soccsksargen CHD .
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